Resilience Program: How Mukunzi overcame her fear ...

When Alana Mukunzi took time off her finance job to take care of an ailing family member, she began thinking of what to do for a living in the meantime. As she saw a truck painted with various species of mushrooms, the

How one skilling event inspired a chain of busines...

Raymond Mwesigwa has always wanted to be a businessman. Even after earning a university degree, his eyes were set on being his own boss as opposed to finding someone to employ him. Upon the invitation of the community manager of

How A Business Foundations Course Is Transforming ...

With a heart for entrepreneurship, Augustine Busimba always thought that the most important thing to have for any aspiring entrepreneur is a business plan. This changed instantly after attending the two-day Business Foundations Course at The Innovation Village. “I asked

Making Menstrual Hygiene Accessible, Sustainable a...

Bernadette Ojao, is a lively young woman and a mother of 3 children in pursuit of a dream to ease menstrual hygiene with affordable and sustainable pads in Uganda.  Hailing from Karamoja Sub-region, and having grown up in the slums

Changing the lives of young refugees through educa...

Alongside the other states under the canopy of the United Nations, Uganda continues to work towards achieving SDG4 of the United Nations by 2030, which is to provide inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Tukole; Where Service Seekers and Blue-Collar Prof...

“The Tukole Uniform alone is a statement in and of itself, out there in the field it means that I am backed by a big brand and therefore I can be trusted with a task since there is a brand

UPSKILL: Solving the employment problem with digit...

Youth unemployment has persistently garnered concern worldwide and it’s constantly placed on development and poverty eradication agendas. Studies have indicated that out of the 470 million people worldwide who are unemployed, over 75 million are youth between 15-24 years (UN,

Next Wave is a market-led 5yr intervention addressing the key ecosystem challenges of youth job creation in the Ugandan marketplace.